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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education enable learners all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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